So they said it was road damage....

Similar thing happened to myself uncle cooper - Farm and Fleet turned there back on me.

 

I have had the steel clip destroy a few p rated tires. I have had flat end screws that hold plastic pieces to the body, go right through e rated tires on the tread block.

 

I generally don't buy the add on road hazard. Runs around $30/tire, I've bought 8 tires so far, and the 9th one I had to buy cost about as much as the road hazard would have on the other 8. I guess in theory I bought the stock ones too, making 12 so I'm ahead 50%.

I think next time around I'll just buy the cheapest off brand AT I can find. I probably wouldn't be griping about it if I hadn't had better expectations from these tires. Its easier to keep expectations low than deal with the fact that expectations and reality usually aren't even in the same room - we just usually don't notice that.

 

I'd trade the truck in, buy a different brand of gas from a different station across town, and find another insurance carry. Just because.

 

Welcome to the forum and sorry that bad luck has to be your first post.


Looks like stone damage to me. Just some bad luck, you caught a pointed rock at a vulnerable area of the tire. Road hazard, I have seen it dozens of times.
I don't know what you expect the dealer/manufacturer to do for you unless you purchased road hazard insurance.


From page 2 of the Cooper tire warranty booklet:

WHAT ISN’T COVERED:
Adjustments will not be made for: A. Tires that become unserviceable due to: 1. Conditions resulting from road hazards, such as (A) impact damage, (B) cuts, (C) snags, (D) punctures, or (E) vandalism.

https://coopertire.com/CooperTire/media/PDF/2021-WarrantyRegBook-US-Eng-v1.pdf

 

Where do you come up with this stuff??

 

That stinks OP. I remember some time ago I got a tire puncture covered under warranty. Looks like that is no longer the case.

 

So, what did Big O and Cooper do wrong here?

 

Somewhat similar situation but on my Corolla. I bought a set of continental tires and about six months of driving a nail punctured the sidewall of the rear driver’s side tire. I didn’t purchase road hazard warranty from America’s Tire. I went back and told them to replace the tire with their cheapest new tire. America’s Tire replaced it with the same tire at prorated cost which ended up being about $50. I guess they were looking out for me cause I’ve purchased several more sets of tires. However I’m not expecting the same results next time. Doesn’t mean I’ll take my business somewhere.

 

His quote. "The tire is relatively new, on the truck 6 months, date code around 2 years ago if I remember correctly."
Does this mean he bought them used?

 

From the original post.

 

Nope. Means they sat in various warehouses for between 6 months and 12 months. Just going by the date codes on the tires. They span about 6 months between all four tires.

 

Ok everyone - I got the grumps out of my system, going to forget all about it.

Thank you to those who responded sensibly to a ranting bitchfest of a thread.

 

Talk to the tire shop again, maybe they can come up with a compromise where it's a win/win situation for them and for you. Something like 50% off on an exact replacement tire, a full set of new different brand tires for a discounted price, a free back rub and a reach-around, something along that line.

 

Coupla buckets of wheel weights

 

look like tire defect to me..

 

If it was defective I would expect the tire to blow out, looking at the photos the threads look to be pressed into the tire, not blown out. I would say road debris cut it and pushed in the cords and call it a day.

 

Ranting bitchfests are the standard post style on Tacoma World. You’ll fit in well with the rest of us degenerates here.

 

As careful as you are driving on rocky dirt roads for 15 miles weekly, it is highly possible you hit the rock perfectly at the wrong time. Bad things happen to good people.

 

i just asked, between me and two friends on regular gravel roads, a rock rip the tread. Mine was in Colorado a stock 4 runner tire, don’t remember the brand and for my friends, one on the Dempster Highway and one in Utah, they where both BFG KO2, but the 4 ply type.
I have run Cooper STMaxx 10 ply for over 100k miles with no problems
Hope you get some type of compensation